Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6202 14 Mar 2026, 11:19

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Time syncing 80 0 0 0 0 80 10 0 10 6:40.525 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.519
When the network is plugged 0.029
And I successfully configure Tor 13.936
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
21.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.509
When the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.287
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.321
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.034
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.562
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.313
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.015
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.861
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.913
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.045
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.232

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
1:9.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.830
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.269
And I warm reboot the computer 0.009
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.105
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
1:14.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.505
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.740
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.892
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
33.939
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008
And I start the computer 0.803
And the computer boots Tails 33.012
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
27.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.729
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085
When the network is plugged 0.030
And I successfully configure Tor 19.542
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
58.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.594
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218
And all notifications have disappeared 3.867
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.019
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.252
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.869
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.741
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.648
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.462
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.006
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.300
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
53.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.745
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.233
And all notifications have disappeared 4.011
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.913
# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 3.867
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.490
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.785
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.813
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.937
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.317
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
18.134
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.635
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.093
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.901
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.484
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001